Spooner vs. Thoreau: Two sides of the same coin.
Lysander Spooner (the lawyer) stayed in the city, using cold "legal logic" to try and declare the State unconstitutional.
Henry David Thoreau (the philosopher) retreated to the woods, appealing to "moral conscience" to reject the State.
I never heard of Spooner, but I've been reading an interesting short book about using hotels, mobile home parks, and malls to create pockets of freedom. It's written in 1970. I found it at a libertarian bookstore.
Thanks for sharing. On my reading list now.
No problem. I went into the store looking for an Edward Konklin III book. I once heard nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt talk about on a podcast.
The owner of the bookstore said he met Konklin before and called him a loser who died penniless. He wanted to know how I even heard of him. 🤣
Then he said MacCallum was one of the only agorists that had any good ideas.
I like an Agorist Primer, but this book does seem more practical, especially if applied to something like sea steading.
